Tuesday, 5 April 2016

"Circle of Adriaen Isenbrandt" is nice copy after Pieter Coecke

Leo Spik, from Berlin, sells on 14 April a "Circle of Adriaen Isenbrandt" Adoration of the Magi, estimated at 4,000 Euro.

The in parts heavily damaged panel is actually a copy after or workshop work of Pieter Coecke van Aalst. Only the position of the head of the kneeling King in the front has been changed; perhaps this is the portrait of the donor?

The style of some aspects of the work is quite different though. The head of the Virgin is much more in a Leonardesque sfumato-inspired style, and not the typical more Primitive Coecke style.

The work for sale should be worth a bit more than the estimate, but the damage will prevent it from really getting beyond 10,000 Euro probably.

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